Date of Award
8-1956
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Degree Discipline
Economics
Abstract
The purpose of this study is twofold: to analyze the national debt and to discuss the various methods and techniques of debt management used by the government during the period covered by this study.
This study covers the years between 1790 and 1955. Whereas, there are many details concerning the national debt during these years, the writer has limited himself to emphasizing the major effects of wars and deficit spending on the national debt. He has also given some attention to government spending in general. In regard to the reduction of the national debt, the writer has confined his analysis to the more general methods of debt reduction used by the government.
The historical method was used in securing information for the preparation of this thesis, that is, collecting and reading material and documents dealing with the historical background of the subject matter of this thesis.
Committee Chair/Advisor
J. L. Brown
Publisher
Prairie View A&M College
Rights
© 2021 Prairie View A & M University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Date of Digitization
1-26-2022
Contributing Institution
John B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Knotts, W. V. (1956). A Brief History of the National Debt, Its Causes, Its Effects, and Means for Liquidation. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/1011